Juan Arango
Personal information
Full name	Juan Fernando Arango
Date of birth	16 May 1980
Place of birth	Maracay, Venezuela
Height	1.8 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nickname	"Arangol" "Caribbean Hurricane"
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	RCD Mallorca
Number	8
Youth clubs
	UCV Junior Team
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2000 2000–2001 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–present	Nueva Cadiz FC Zulianos FC Caracas FC CF Monterrey CF Pachuca CF Puebla RCD Mallorca	63 (39)
National team2
2000–present	Venezuela	53 (20)
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Juan Arango (b. May 16/17, 1980 in Maracay, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a forward for RCD Mallorca, in the first division of the professional football league in Spain, and for Venezuela's national team. May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Maracay is in central Venezuela and is the capital and most important city of the Aragua State. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team from Palma. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, is the professional football league in Spain. ... La Vinotinto is Venezuelas national football team, so named because of the traditional wine red color uniform. ...

Arango is known as "Arangol" in Venezuela, and has been nicknamed the "Caribbean Hurricane" by Luis Omar Tapia in ESPN's telecasts. ESPN (which formerly stood for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...

Arango is one of the few Venezuelan players ever to play for a first division team in any of the major European leagues. He has become a key player for his team, being a regular starter and possesses great vision and eye for goal. Arango started his career as an out and out striker but since moving to Mallorca has enjoyed better performances playing just off the front strikers in a role similarly played out by South American compatriots Kaká and Messi. Kaka, please see kaka (disambiguation). ... Lionel Andrés Messi (born June 24, 1987 in Rosario) is an Argentine football (soccer) player, who currently plays as a second striker for FC Barcelona. ...

It is the belief of many that Arango will play for a bigger team in the near future as his career has blossomed from promising to star player. He is widely regarded as the best player Venezuela has ever produced. He is now his country's all time leading scorer.

In March 2007, Arango is expected to obtain a Spanish passport.

Career

He started playing as a professional Footballer at the age of sixteen with Nueva Cádiz FC, team that ascends to the Venezuelan first division the following season under the name of Zulianos FC.

In January 1999 he plays for the first time with the Venezuelan national team, a friendly against Denmark.

From Zulianos FC, Arango comes to Caracas FC. After six months playing with the team, Arango was offered to play at Club de Fútbol Monterrey, a Mexican Club. He played for two other Mexican clubs until 2004 when he was bought by a first division Spanish team, Real Club Deportivo Mallorca. In 2005-06 he was their top scorer with 16 league goals and is currently their top scorer this season with 4 goals. Caracas Fútbol Club, usually known as Caracas F.C. or just Caracas, is one of the most successful team in Venezuela, having won seven (7) First Division titles. ... Club de Fútbol Monterrey, also known as Monterrey, is a Mexican professional football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, in the northeast of the country. ... Real Club Deportivo Mallorca are a Spanish football team from Palma de Mallorca. ...

In 2006, EFE choosed him as the third best Latin American player in the Spanish league, the first place was taken by Pablo Aimar. EFE is a Spanish news agency created in 1939 by Ramón Serrano Súñer and Manuel Aznar Zubigaray while the former was Spains minister of the press and propaganda. ... Pablo Cesar Aimar (born November 3, 1979 in Rio Cuarto) is an Argentine football player, who currently plays attacking midfielder for Real Zaragoza of the Spanish La Liga. ...

Current Announcements

Valencia CF are trying to purchase Arango, after he scored the goal that disqualified Real Madrid in the Copa Del Rey. Arango has manifested his willingness to go to the Valencia CF. His contract expires in July 2007 and it is expected Mallorca will reluctantly accept an offer around 3 million. Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or Valencia) is a Spanish professional football team based in Valencia, Spain. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ... Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or Valencia) is a Spanish professional football team based in Valencia, Spain. ...

External links

• Juan Arango Tactical Formations at Football-Lineups.com